Another Reason It’s a Bad Idea to Overhype How Much Energy AI Will Need
AI forecast hype could lead to overbuilding for tomorrow’s grid and neglecting electric reliability needs today.
AI forecast hype could lead to overbuilding for tomorrow’s grid and neglecting electric reliability needs today.
The Big Beautiful Bill may inadvertently accelerate off-grid power, microgrids and other forms of distributed energy.
Defining energy wealth in an era of distributed energy requires looking at not only energy access but also energy ownership.
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Rory McIlmoil, a researcher at NREL and a local volunteer firefighter, found himself cleaning up from Hurricane Helene and thinking about how much easier it would be with a microgrid.
The Iberian Peninsula grid outage underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized grids and reinforces the need for more decentralized energy.
Electricity costs could become a political issue as consumers across party lines grow anxious about their utility bills.
New polling by PowerLines, a nonpartisan consumer education nonprofit, reveals the toll of rising utility bills on American energy consumers.
Distributed solar can still offer an impressive return without the tax credit. But it requires some rethinking about how projects are structured.
Clean and distributed energy came barreling out of 2024 with force. Now, they face walls. Do they have enough momentum to knock them down? Consider these signals.